Krugerrand
03-04-2010, 12:23 PM
This story made me chuckle:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-coach-newspaperflap&prov=ap&type=lgns
A college football coach in Texas is backing players accused of removing every copy of a student newspaper from racks around campus because of a front-page article about teammates being arrested on drug charges, according to a police report.
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Copies of the weekly newspaper, which is distributed free around campus, disappeared the morning of Feb. 25, shortly after football practice let out, according to the incident report. The lead story was about the arrest of two football players on drug charges.
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A day after the papers disappeared, police interviewed Morriss at the campus police office. The coach repeatedly referred to the article about the drug arrests as “crap” and said he didn’t read it. He then said he was proud of his players, and repeatedly asked how taking a free newspaper could be considered stealing.
A policy printed in the newspaper says the first copy is free, but each additional copy costs 25 cents.
and my favorite line of the story:
An officer notified Cooper that players appeared to be involved, and the athletic director expressed concern because he “didn’t think they were smart enough to do this on their own,” according to the incident report.
I suggest:
1) the athletic director be concerned then not about the loss of the newspapers but that he doesn't think his student athletes are smart enough to steal a newspaper.
2) local police find something worthwhile to pursue.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-coach-newspaperflap&prov=ap&type=lgns
A college football coach in Texas is backing players accused of removing every copy of a student newspaper from racks around campus because of a front-page article about teammates being arrested on drug charges, according to a police report.
...
Copies of the weekly newspaper, which is distributed free around campus, disappeared the morning of Feb. 25, shortly after football practice let out, according to the incident report. The lead story was about the arrest of two football players on drug charges.
...
A day after the papers disappeared, police interviewed Morriss at the campus police office. The coach repeatedly referred to the article about the drug arrests as “crap” and said he didn’t read it. He then said he was proud of his players, and repeatedly asked how taking a free newspaper could be considered stealing.
A policy printed in the newspaper says the first copy is free, but each additional copy costs 25 cents.
and my favorite line of the story:
An officer notified Cooper that players appeared to be involved, and the athletic director expressed concern because he “didn’t think they were smart enough to do this on their own,” according to the incident report.
I suggest:
1) the athletic director be concerned then not about the loss of the newspapers but that he doesn't think his student athletes are smart enough to steal a newspaper.
2) local police find something worthwhile to pursue.